Schizophyte — Schiz o*phyte, n. [Schizo + Gr. ? a plant.] (Biol.) One of a class of vegetable organisms, in the classification of Cohn, which includes all of the inferior forms that multiply by fission, whether they contain chlorophyll or not. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Schizophyte — is a botanical term, in the classification of Cohn, no longer widely used, meaning the class of primitive plants that reproduce solely by fission. The term is equivalent with the modern concept of bacteria … Wikipedia
schizophyte — [skiz′ə fīt΄, skit′səfīt΄] n. [ SCHIZO + PHYTE] in some systems of classification, any of a division (Schizophyta) of plants which consist of a single cell, or a chain or colony of cells, and reproduce only by simple fission or by asexual spores … English World dictionary
schizophyte — schizophytic /skiz euh fit ik, skit seuh /, adj. /skiz euh fuyt , skit seuh /, n. any of the Schizophyta, a group of organisms comprising the schizomycetes and the schizophyceous algae, characterized by a simple structure and reproduction by… … Universalium
schizophyte — noun the class of primitive plants that reproduce solely by fission … Wiktionary
schizophyte — schizo·phyte … English syllables
schizophyte — /ˈskɪtsoʊfaɪt/ (say skitsohfuyt) noun any of the Schizophyta, a group of plants comprising the schizomycetes and the schizophyceous algae, characterised by a simple structure and by reproduction by simple fission or by spores. {New Latin… …
schizocarp — n. compound fruit splitting into several one seeded ones. ♦ schizocarpic, ♦ schizocarpous, a. ♦ schizogenesis, ♦ schizogony, n. reproduction by division. ♦ schizoid, a. pertaining to, like or suffering from schizophrenia. ♦… … Dictionary of difficult words
